Editing AVP 2, or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Video Technobabble

[SiL]

The Predator vision is shot with a special camera, then recoloured later, or in the camera itself, depending on how they go about it.

[Dingo]

I thought that they just used an infared or heat vision camera. You can buy them at some stores. As for the other visions like x-ray to see the skeleton of something or other visions like that they have to use effects.

[SiL]

Yeah, the heat vision cameras were what I meant by 'special cameras'

[Dingo]

Ah, ok sorry. 

[Punk19]

There's a new article on CGSociety about the editing in AvP2. Most of it goes way over my head, it's very technical. They talk about the crew using AJA KONA 3 and Apple Final Cut Pro to edit the movie.

"The Alien vs. Predator 2 editorial team modified their existing workflow to integrate with the pipeline at visual effects studio Hydraulx, setting up an Apple Final Cut Pro editing pipeline for the film that relies heavily on AJA's KONA 3 card. Shot on 35mm 3-perf film, the setup allows Hydraulx to cut the film at a 1080i resolution, lay down previews to a D5 deck and go out to an HD deck for studio reviews before finishing the film with a 4K Digital Intermediate scan and film output. The pipeline employs five KONA 3 cards: a projection system, an editor system, a visual effects editor system, a utility system and an assistant system.

Interesting to note, they also call AvP2 an "effects-heavy" film.
Thanks to therockbottom65 for the news.

Doesn't effects - heavy mean that the movie will be bad?

[Pvt. Hicks]

No, it means it will have lots of effects, computer and practical. Doesn't always mean CGI, and your a little late on this one.

[Darkness]

No, it means it will have lots of effects, computer and practical. Doesn't always mean CGI, and your a little late on this one.

It's a website called CG. That's the only effects they're devoted to.

[Newsfop]

Effects-heavy means "effects-heavy." It does not determine quality or lack therof. Public reaction, scripting, direction, editing, casting and performance are what determine whether a movie is good. Point-in-case, Spider-man 2 was hardly a low-budget romp and it has been called the best super hero movie ever made. That one was LOADED with effects, pre and post production.

[Don Dorris]

I think I said this before. The writer putting 'effects heavy' could just be him being lazy and merely assuming it's effects heavy based on the directors and the subject matter of the film (two alien species fighting)... It might not actually mean anything.

[Johnny Handsome]

I think I said this before. The writer putting 'effects heavy' could just be him being lazy and merely assuming it's effects heavy based on the directors and the subject matter of the film (two alien species fighting)... It might not actually mean anything.

I prefer practical effects more than cgi, but as long as it looks good i dont care

[Vader the White]

It could be very practcal effect heavy.